Hair waving pad



Oct. 22, 1935. F, HAUSER 2,018,127

HAIR WAVING PAD Original Filed May 1 1, 1935 N VEN TOR.

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Patented Oct. 22, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 11, 1933, Serial No. 670,442 Renewed March 12, 1935 1 Claim.

One object of this invention is the provision of a novel type of pad adapted to be wound about a lock of hair in the process of hair-waving prior to the application of steam thereto. This pad is so designed and constructed as to be efiicient for the purpose mentioned and to require a minimum of skill and time in its application.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the pad, prior to its use.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1. 1

Figure 3 is a view illustrating the first step in wrapping the pad about a lock of hair.

Figure 4 is a similar view illustrating an intermediate step.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the pad wrapped about the hair.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I0 represents a substantially rectangular sheet of tin-foil or the like superimposed upon a sheet of waxed paper II of the same dimensions. Both these sheets are continued on one side to provide a tongue I2 formed of the same two layers, that is, tin foiland wax paper, this tongue being also rectangular in form. On their long edges opposite the tongue I2, the sheets I0 and II are sewed together or joined in any other suitable manner. This entire side (left hand, Figure 1) of the pad is represented by the numeral I3, the seam uniting the two layers thereof being indicated at I4.

Also joined by said seam I4, and hence to the side I3 of the pad, are the adjacent edges I5 and I 6 of a folded-over sheet of gauze II. A strip of flannel or similar material I8 lies between the folds or layers of the gauze Il, its dimensions being smaller than those of the gauze layers. This flannel strip I8 is also sewed in the seam I4. The edge of the gauze I'I opposite the seam I4, is extended on one end to form a tongue I9 of the same dimensions and outline as the tongue I2, a cut-out or recess 20 separating the two tongues I2 and I9. The right hand side, Figure 1, of the pad is indicated by the numeral 2I.

A conventional curling rod is shown at 22, having the hair 23 wound thereon, the end 24 of the curl of hair extending at an angle from the tip of the rod, the hair being retained thereon and the end 24 being retained at its angle to the rod, by the cord 25.

In applying the pad to the hair, the outer edge of the side 2i is aligned with the curl of hair as shown in Figure 3, and the gauze tongue I 9 is folded down about the base of the hair end 24. The remainder of the side 2I is then wrapped around the hair 23, by either rolling the rod 22 toward the right, Figure 3 or wrapping the pad thereon in the opposite direction. This rolling or Wrapping continues until the entire side 2I has been wrapped about the hair, together with the entire side I3, the tin foil layer. In of the latter being on the outside of the wrapping. Finally, the tongue I2 is wrapped about the gauze-covered base of the hair end 24. Hence the entire curl of hair is wrapped, with the tin foil covering the wrapping.

With the curl of hair thus wrapped, a steam pipe represented simply for illustration and indi- 20 cated in dotted lines by the numeral 22', is slid over the wrapper until its upper end is checked by the base of the wrapped hair end 24. Thus slipping of the pipe 22' over the end of the hair is prevented, so that the end may be gripped later to remove the pipe. The steam flowing from the pipe surrounds the wrapping, which it penetrates, so that after an interval of time the hair becomes moist, and the pipe is removed.

The layer ID of tin foil, Which forms the outer 30 shell of the wrapping, serves to form a substantially solid mass of the curl of hair, approaching the equivalent of a semi-rigid shell, thus eliminating the necessity of tying the wrapping about the Obviously modifications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

A hair waving pad comprising a pair of sub- 40 stantially rectangular members of like dimensions joined together edge to edge by a seam or the like, each of said members having an extension forming a tongue, said tongues extending from opposite extremities of the same side of 5 the pad to form a recess therebetween, one of said members being formed of two layers of gauze with a sheet of flannel therebetween, the other member being formed of a layer of waxed paper and a layer of tin foil.

FRED HAUSER. 

